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Kotomora

煎

broil, parch, roast, boil

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • セン

Kun'yomi

  • せん.じる
  • い.る
  • に.る

Nanori

  • いり

Meaning

煎 centers on applying dry or wet heat to food: broiling, parching, roasting, or boiling. The common thread is cooking with heat, often to transform or prepare ingredients.

Most common words using 煎

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  • 煎ジョン

    jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg)

  • 煎餅せんべい
    N1

    (Japanese) rice cracker; senbei

  • 煎せん

    infusing (tea); infusion

  • 煎ずるせんずる

    to boil; to decoct; to infuse

  • 煎茶せんちゃ

    green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha)

  • 二番煎じにばんせんじ

    rehash; (boring) rerun

  • 煎じるせんじる

    to boil; to decoct; to infuse

  • 湯煎ゆせん

    warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water

  • 煎れるいれる

    to be roasted; to be parched

  • お煎おせん

    (Japanese) rice cracker; senbei

  • ぬれ煎餅ぬれせんべい

    moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce

  • ソース煎餅ソースせんべい

    sauce-flavoured rice crackers

  • 中煎りなかいり

    medium roast (coffee)

  • 乾煎りからいり

    light roasting; light toasting; parching

  • 浅煎りあさいり

    light roast (coffee)

  • 深煎りふかいり

    dark roast (coffee)

  • 焙煎ばいせん

    roasting (e.g. of coffee)

  • 焙煎豆ばいせんまめ

    roasted (coffee) bean

  • 煎じ出すせんじだす

    to extract by boiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct

  • 煎じ茶せんじちゃ

    decoction of tea

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Etymology

煎 combines 前 (before, front) with 灬 (fire). The character likely expresses the idea of applying fire to food, with 前 possibly contributing a phonetic element. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a fire 灬 under a cooking pot, with the food placed in front 前 of the heat. The fire roasts, broils, or boils the food until it's done.

Reading mnemonic

For セン, imagine sending a dish to be broiled over the fire: send -> セン, and the fire 灬 beneath the food 前 does the cooking.